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The past few days I’ve been in Birmingham at the National Weather Association’s 2011 conference. It’s really been a great trip. This conference is basically a Who’s Who of Meteorologist across the TV world. I’ve been told that this conference set a record for attendees around 650; 150 of them being broadcast meteorologists (also a record).

In my job at WeatherBug, I’ve been blessed to work with people I once dreamed of becoming. On this trip, I’ve met around ten TV meteorologists who I work with daily, yet never have met face-to-face. In addition, I got to hang out with many others I’ve trained in the past two years. Even non-WeatherBug partners were great to meet… I’m talking to you Brad Panovich, Amy Sweezey, and James Spann and the countless others who are too numerous to list.

I even had the chance to meet one of my weather role-models, Jim Cantore. I introduced myself as Jacob from WeatherBugMedia (on Twitter). He responded that he loved what I did with my tweets and to keep up the good work. That meant the world to me. We got the chance to chat for awhile about the business, about storm chasing (“it’s a blast, isn’t it?”), and weather in general. I saw him a couple other times during the conference, and each time he remembered my name.

Jim Cantore. Just two bald guys having a good time.

NWAS 2011 was a great experience. I really hope I’m able to go to more of these in the future.